El Rastro

I went to the El Rastro, the weekly flea market and walked around a bit. Here’s what I saw.

Vendors set up tables and racks all along this tree-lined street in addition to a couple surrounding ones. I wasn’t going for the shopping, but there were a few thousand roaming among the hundreds of tents.

What!? He’s reading a newspa-what? Newspaper?  Is that one of those things that come from trees and have yesterday’s news? How’d he find one of those? That’s definitely worthy of tossing a few coins in his cup.

The following frames are from various outings from previous weeks, not El Rastro.

I was taking a break in front of the Prado museum during a walk and noticed some pretty tame, hungry birds hopping around. I set up my camera with a MF 55mm f/3.5 macro lens and attached a cable release. While on continuous high speed, I lined my hand up with where I had the focus set. Once one of my feathered friends slipped into the sliver of in-focus area and came in to grab the food from my fingers, I hammered down on the release. This is the result.

Snap from my grocery store, Alcampo, in Madrid.

This is Comillas Pontifical University’s most recognized architectural feature. It’s equivalent to UD’s Immaculate Conception Chapel.

June 28, 2012 | Categories: Spain | Tags: Alcampo, bird, El Rastro, Ethan Klosterman, Leetol, Madrid, Prado, Spain, study abroad, Universidad Pontificia Comillas | 1 Comment